TY - JOUR
T1 - Attentional bias towards visual itch and pain stimuli in itch- and pain-free individuals?
AU - Becker, Jennifer M.
AU - Vreijling, Sarah R.
AU - Dobbinga, Sjoerd
AU - Giesbers, Jolijn J.J.
AU - Evers, Andrea W.M.
AU - Veldhuijzen, Dieuwke S.
AU - Van Laarhoven, Antoinette I.M.
N1 - Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Elisa Kovacs for her support with the selection and validation of the stimulus material; Fabiënne van den Ende and Hanna Jagt for their contribution to the data collection, and Maureen Meekel and Stephen Brown for technical support and programming of the attention tasks. This research is supported by an Innovation Scheme (Veni) Grant (451-15-019) of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), granted to A.I.M. van Laarhoven. Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Elisa Kovacs for her support with the selection and validation of the stimulus material; Fabi?nne van den Ende and Hanna Jagt for their contribution to the data collection, and Maureen Meekel and Stephen Brown for technical support and programming of the attention tasks. This research is supported by an Innovation Scheme (Veni) Grant (451-15-019) of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), granted to A.I.M. van Laarhoven. Publisher Copyright: © 2020 Acta Dermato-Venereologica.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Itch and pain are important attention-demanding sensations that allow adaptive responses to potential bodily harm. An attentional bias towards itch and pain stimuli, i.e. preferential attention allocation towards itch- and pain-related information, has been found in healthy, as well as in patient groups. However, it remains unclear whether attentional bias for itch and pain differs from a general bias towards negative information. Therefore, this study investigated attentional bias towards itch and pain in 70 itch- and pain-free individuals. In an attention task, itch- and pain-related stimuli, as well as negative stimuli, were presented alongside neutral stimuli. The results did not indicate an attentional bias towards itch-, pain-, and negative visual information. This finding suggests that people without itch and pain symptoms do not prioritize itchand pain-related information above neutral information. Future research should investigate whether attention towards itch- and pain-related information might be biased in patients with chronic itch and pain.
AB - Itch and pain are important attention-demanding sensations that allow adaptive responses to potential bodily harm. An attentional bias towards itch and pain stimuli, i.e. preferential attention allocation towards itch- and pain-related information, has been found in healthy, as well as in patient groups. However, it remains unclear whether attentional bias for itch and pain differs from a general bias towards negative information. Therefore, this study investigated attentional bias towards itch and pain in 70 itch- and pain-free individuals. In an attention task, itch- and pain-related stimuli, as well as negative stimuli, were presented alongside neutral stimuli. The results did not indicate an attentional bias towards itch-, pain-, and negative visual information. This finding suggests that people without itch and pain symptoms do not prioritize itchand pain-related information above neutral information. Future research should investigate whether attention towards itch- and pain-related information might be biased in patients with chronic itch and pain.
KW - Attentional bias
KW - Cognitive processing
KW - Pain
KW - Pruritus
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85087530429&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3537
DO - https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3537
M3 - Article
C2 - 32488280
SN - 0001-5555
VL - 100
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
JF - Acta Dermato-Venereologica
IS - 14
M1 - adv00199
ER -